Colour

#79704E

#79704E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#79704E is a yellow with RGB values 121, 112, 78 and HSL 47°, 22%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#79704E

RGBrgb(121, 112, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4392, 0.3059

RGB percentages47.5%, 43.9%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(47.4, 21.6%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.4, 35.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 7.4%, 35.5%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,958,606

CSS custom property--colour: #79704E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.95:1

Contrast with white4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#868FB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#776E4Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#79714Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#7F6B67no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.4 Dim grey · ΔE 20.5 Gray · ΔE 21.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 28.6 Tan · ΔE 28.9 Dark grey · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4E5779

Analogous#795B4E, #6D794E

Triadic#4E7970, #704E79

Split complementary#4E6D79, #5B4E79

Tetradic#4E795B, #4E5779, #794E6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D5D0BE

Lighter +30%#C1BA9F

Lighter +20%#ADA480

Lighter +10%#988D62

Darker −10%#5A533A

Darker −20%#3B3726

Darker −30%#1C1A12

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#927E35

Less saturated −25%#646464

Channel breakdown

R121

G112

B78

Red121 (47.5%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue47.44°

Saturation (HSL)21.61%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 70 · B 4E

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